It’s giving hole in the head: trepanning and magic

By Tessa Pacelli / June 15, 2025 /

Trepanning is the oldest known surgical intervention in human history. Derived from the Ancient Greek for “drill”, this stomach-churning procedure involved poking or scraping a hole into a lucky recipient’s head. Archaeologists have excavated hole-bearing skulls dating from at least the Neolithic period, which means that starting around 10,000 years ago, our ancestors were legit…

THE GARBAGE MAN’s Trash-Eating Bugs

By Tessa Pacelli / May 15, 2025 /

  Beneath the surface of the world we live in lies a vast separate universe, one that knows not and cares not of us: the universe of microbes. Conservative estimates suggest the existence of at least 1 billion different species of microbes on Earth. Scientists have “discovered” but a small fraction. The human body contains…

Mind Control For Fun and Profit

By Tessa Pacelli / April 14, 2025 /

Let’s talk about Mind control!! LSD. Mescaline. Nazis. Communists. Cults. CIA. Korean War conscripts. Manchurian Candidates. No, not that! We’re not talking about nefarious forces controlling your mind. We’re talking about the mind doing the controlling. That is, controlling a computer from your mind, without moving or touching or speaking anything. Telekinesis! For real! If…